- Position Title
- Cultural Anthropologist (NAGPRA Coordinator)
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Announcement Number
- SE-1618-SERO-24-12262761-DE Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, January 10, 2024 to Wednesday, January 24, 2024
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Are you a United States Citizen?
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3.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
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To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
- you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
4.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a Federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position? If yes, confirm:
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
- you are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND,
- you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND,
- your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or the equivalent.
For more information, review the USAJOBS Help Center.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit supporting documentation such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice to include your latest performance rating (if the notice does not have this information included, you must submit a copy of your most recent performance appraisal) and a copy of your latest Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50.
Assessment 1
Minimum Qualifications Requirements (Screen Out Question)
1.
From the descriptions below, please select one response that best describes how your background meets the basic experience or education requirements for the Cultural Anthropology, GS-0190 series. Read all responses before making your selection. MARK ONLY ONE RESPONSE. If you select more than one response, or leave this question blank you will be rated ineligible.
2.
From the descriptions below, select one response that best describes how your background meets the specialized experience or education requirements for this GS-11 position. Read all responses before making your selection. MARK ONLY ONE RESPONSE. If you select more than one response, or leave this question blank you will be rated ineligible.
For the questions below, please select from A through E to indicate the skill level that you possess for each task listed. The questions were developed based on the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies needed to perform the work of this position. Be sure to describe your experience that supports your answers to the questions below, in your resume or application materials. It is important that your application package submitted, including a resume or application form, clearly shows how you possess the experience and skill levels you claim in this questionnaire. Each of your responses must be clearly supported by your education, training, and/or specific work experience you describe in your application packet submitted for this position (application form or resume, transcripts, list and description of training completed and/or other items you submit). If not, your score will be lowered or you will be found not qualified. The information you provide will be verified. Any exaggeration of your experience, false statements, or attempts to conceal information may be grounds for rating you ineligible, not hiring you, or for firing you after you begin work.
A-I have not had education, training or experience in performing this task.
B-I have had education or training in performing this task, but I have not yet performed it on the job.
C-I have performed this task on the job, with close supervision from supervisor or senior employee.
D-I have performed this task as a regular part of a job, independently and usually without supervision from senior employee. E-I am regarded as expert in performing this task, and/or have trained others (or am consulted by others) on how to do this.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
3.
Apply NAGPRA regulations, procedures, and guidelines to coordinate compliance and develop strategies, plans, and procedures to ensure that NAGPRA provisions are effectively and timely carried out.
4.
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with federally recognized Tribes and facilitate NAGPRA consultations.
5.
Coordinate with appropriate staff to respond to inadvertent discoveries.
6.
Determine research needs and coordinate efforts toward obtaining needed research.
7.
Direct professional quality research including developing project proposals, budgets, scopes of work, selecting researchers, sources, methods, and ensuring conformance to cultural anthropological standards and NPS policies.
8.
Advise Park management on ethnographic resources and the contemporary people who value them.
9.
Serve as Agreements Technical Representative and Contracting Officer's Technical Representative for projects conducted through contracts, interagency agreements, and cooperative agreements.
10.
Advise on, review, and contribute to the preparation of baseline studies, historic preservation documentation, and compliance for undertakings under Section 106 and Section 110 of NHPA, NEPA, NAGPRA, NPS Management Policies, and cultural resources management guidelines.
11.
Serve on interdisciplinary teams to review projects to ensure proper compliance and consideration of ethnographic resources and consultation with traditionally associated groups.
12.
Facilitate consultation meetings with federally recognized Tribes and agencies.
13.
Make presentations in parks, public gatherings, and professional meetings on anthropological resources and research results.
14.
Host trainings on ethnographic resource identification and stewardship, engagement with traditionally associated groups, NPS ethnographic research standards, cultural awareness, consultation, and compliance.
15.
Coordinate the completion of planning efforts such as Cultural Resource Stewardship Assessments.
16.
Monitor the condition of ethnographic resources, identify potential threats, and make recommendations regarding the mitigation of present and potential impacts.
Assessment 2
1.
Describe your experience with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)?
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2.
Share your experience developing and maintaining working relationships with federally recognized Tribes?
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3.
Describe your experience directing applied cultural anthropology/ethnographic projects involving multiple cultural groups and stakeholders. Discuss the standards, methodologies, and ethical considerations employed.
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4.
An archeologically significant park located in Georgia experienced severe storm damage that resulted in several downed trees. The park plans to use heavy machinery to remove debris and grind tree stumps. The park states that this undertaking is an approved activity under the Nationwide Programmatic Agreement calling for the streamlined application of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA). This Nationwide Programmatic Agreement for Section 106 was signed by State Historic Preservation Officers but was not signed by federally recognized Tribes. What questions would you ask the park and what advice would you give the park to ensure they comply with NHPA and Department of Interior and National Park Service policies?
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5.
Regarding cultural affiliation the new NAGPRA regulations, effective January 12, 2024, state that:
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
6.
Under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, federally recognized Tribes are consulted alongside and in the same manner as other interested stakeholders.